- Date
- September 5, 1979
- Place
- Lake Park, MN · LAKE PARK, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N85964Aeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790905037359A
- Case key
- 132759
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3839 79/9/5 NR.LAKE PARK,MN AERONCA 11AC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1845 N85964 PX- 0 1 0 AERIAL SURVEY AGE 20, 410 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PARK,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENG FAILED AT LOW ALT WHILE OBSERVING SUNFLOWER FLDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85964
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N85964Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Aeronca 11ACAirframe modelAeronca 11ACEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.